Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 103 The Spirit Absolute, Chen Heng's Seal Change

After confirming that he was going to South Korea, Chen Hengyi decided to learn the language to facilitate communication later.

First, put away all your belongings. The portrait of the patriarch is still hanging in its original place. Then, take a bath and burn incense.

"Let's start learning!"

But as he studied, Chen Hengyi suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

"Wait a minute, how can this be so simple?"

Chen Hengyi suddenly realized that the Korean language tutorial on the screen seemed to him like simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within ten.

Less than two hours later, he was able to understand articles entirely in Korean.

"Am I getting smarter?"

When Chen Hengyi recalled his breakthrough in the previous world, he seemed to feel that his mind was a bit sharper, but at that time he was mainly focused on completing the mission and killing ghosts, so he didn't delve into it.

Now he suddenly realized that he had become a little different, as if his body had undergone a complete evolution!

Chen Hengyi took out a math problem that he used to find like a mystery.

Half an hour later, Chen Hengyi looked at the A4 paper he had filled with writing. This time he wrote fluently without any pauses. Things he had long forgotten before appeared in his mind naturally without him having to think about them.

"Turns out I've become a genius."

Breaking through the realm is not just about improving one's fire magic power; one's entire being also evolves. Besides physical attributes, the most direct manifestation is becoming smarter, just like those geniuses.

"But just how smart am I now?"

He then searched for math olympiad competitions online.

An hour later, Chen Hengyi rubbed his temples.

"It's a bit difficult, but still within my capabilities—if I had this ability in high school, I could have been admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University without taking the entrance exam."

As he spoke, Chen Hengyi sighed slightly: "Unfortunately, times have changed. My goal is to become an immortal, but perhaps I can delve deeper into this area in the future, just to clear my head and relax."

Chen Hengyi put away the paper and pen on the table, and then took out the [Jade Seal Embryo].

He wanted to deal with this thing now, as the "Playing with Fire Sutra" also contains a method for refining magical artifacts using playing with fire.

However, before refining it, he had to first complete the engraving of the jade seal blank, carving his own name on it.

Then, he also carefully crafted the other five sides. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Hengyi directly ordered a blank of similar size online to practice on. Tools were also essential.

Before he could practice, Chen Hengyi didn't want to waste time and decided to start cultivating. But as soon as the Fire of Play circulated through his body, Chen Hengyi suddenly realized something was wrong.

Before his breakthrough, his cultivation with the Yin-Yang Jade proceeded smoothly without any obstacles.

But now that Chen Hengyi's cultivation has improved, he finds himself restricted in the real world. The surrounding environment is rejecting him, as if he were an alien in the real world, and the two are incompatible.

It's like he used to be just a tiny ant, perhaps unnoticed, with very low awareness. After the breakthrough, he transformed from a tiny ant into a large ant, or even a frog, a grasshopper, or a bird.

In short, different levels of understanding lead to different perceptions.

Chen Hengyi tried it again, and suddenly he understood.

"This is not rejection, but rather the leakage of spiritual energy caused by me absorbing the spiritual liquid. Then, the world is like it has been thirsty for millions of years, and as soon as it discovers a little bit of spiritual energy, it frantically plunders and devours it."

At this moment, Chen Hengyi recalled the last time he traveled through time. When he summoned the five ghosts, they wanted to return to the bell as soon as they came out, which was very painful.

He originally thought that the environment was so unsuitable for them, but in reality, the five ghosts were spirits, and they could perceive them more clearly than Chen Hengyi. It was this environment that was devouring them, which is why they wanted to return to the Three Pure Bells for protection.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Hengyi recalled what the Huaguang Patriarch had said when he had invited him to descend: this world was a place devoid of spirits, not a place without spirits.

"无" means "nothing" or "absolute," while "绝" might mean "extinction."

He frowned and pondered this thought.

"If I don't resolve this issue, every time I cultivate, I'll find that the entire world is competing with me for spiritual energy. And what is causing all of this?"

Finally, Chen Hengyi shook his head again. What caused the spiritual paralysis?

He didn't want to delve into the matter now because his own strength was still insufficient, but he couldn't afford to make any mistakes or cause any problems in his cultivation in the real world.

He thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered a concept from a fantasy novel he had read before: a spirit-locking array. It locks in spiritual energy, preventing it from leaking out.

Chen Hengyi thought it was feasible more and more, but unfortunately he was not proficient in formations. In the previous world, he had only been given a few basic tips by Danyang.

Furthermore, formations involve some mathematical principles. For example, after determining the main formation point, it is necessary to calculate the locations of the other formation points and place formation flags or other structures to support the formation.

As Chen Hengyi pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Calculation? I've just become smarter? Hey, this doesn't seem so bad. And if I successfully set up the formation later, I can also create my own dojo in the real world and cultivate happily in it. That would be pretty good."

At this moment, some plans flashed through his mind.

The next day, all the things he had bought to practice with arrived.

Chen Hengyi first drew six drafts on paper, printed them out with a printer, cut them out and pasted them onto the blank, and then slowly carved them with a carving knife.

At first, he would occasionally make mistakes in carving, but after ruining about ten blanks, Chen Hengyi made rapid progress.

After he had used up all the practice pieces he had, he looked at the neatly arranged seals on the table.

It should be fine now.

Chen Hengyi muttered something to himself, then took out his jade seal blank and began working.

Chen Hengyi dared not be distracted, for fear of damaging the materials provided in the black book.

Time passed slowly.

Just as he finished carving the last stroke, his name appeared on the jade seal, with four characters written in seal script below—Chen—

Hengyi Seal.

After completing the seal carving, Chen Hengyi began refining it according to the methods in the "Playing with Fire Classic".

With a thought, the seal floated in his hand and was then enveloped in a golden-red flame.

It hovered between his two palms, his hands forming a furnace shape, like Lao Tzu's Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The flames licked the seal, and flame patterns naturally appeared on the jade seal.

At the same time, the three mountains and five peaks seemed to be lit up as the flame patterns appeared.

Above the mountains and rivers, there are dragons and phoenixes, auspicious clouds, the sun and the moon.

In the end, the flames were completely absorbed, and the seal returned to its original state, losing its brilliance and becoming ordinary.

The carvings on it are perfectly natural, as if they were the work of a master craftsman.

Chen Hengyi held the jade seal in his hand, then used a carving knife to cut his fingertip, letting a drop of blood fall into the jade seal.